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Four of first six games on road for Jaguars

The Jaguars did their best work last year on the road, winning three of their final four away games.

If they want to start this year well, the Jaguars will have to repeat that production.

For the second straight year, the Jaguars will play four of their first six games on the road. The NFL released the full schedule Wednesday night.

The Jaguars’ schedule includes only five games against teams that made last year’s playoffs and six games against teams with new coaches.

Following games at Philadelphia (Sept. 7) and Washington (Sept. 14), the Jaguars’ home opener is Sept. 21 against Indianapolis.

The Jaguars’ lone national television appearance is a Week 17 game (8:25 p.m. on Dec. 18) at home against Tennessee.

The season’s early going is difficult.

The Jaguars will play two road games to start a season for the first time in 14 years.

The Eagles won the NFC East last year and the re-tooled Redskins hired coach Jay Gruden and signed receiver DeSean Jackson. It will be the Jaguars’ first game against quarterback Robert Griffin III.

The Colts come to Jacksonville for the second straight September.

A trip to San Diego on Sept. 28 closes out the first month. It will be the Jaguars’ only West Coast trip.

The Jaguars, which has one win in Jacksonville over the last two seasons, will then play three out of four at home – on Oct. 5 (Pittsburgh), Oct. 19 (Cleveland) and Oct. 26 (Miami). The lone road game is Oct. 12 at Tennessee.

Pittsburgh has one of the league’s top traveling fan bases and the Browns-Jaguars game has a hook because of center Alex Mack, who signed a five-year, $42 million offer sheet with the Jaguars on April 11 that Cleveland matched hours later.

The Jaguars then again hit the road – Nov. 2 at Cincinnati, Nov. 9 in London against Dallas and following a bye week, Nov. 23 at Indianapolis.

November ends by hosting the New York Giants on Nov. 30 – former Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin will make his second regular season appearance in Jacksonville.

In December, the Jaguars host Houston (Dec. 7), play their lone cold weather game on Dec. 14 (at Baltimore), play the Titans in the home finale and close the year at Houston (Dec. 28).